Structure
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
Palate: dark fruit, spice, cocoa
Hand-picked Montepulciano from a single high-density vineyard at San Martino sulla Marrucina. The estate describes it as powerful and elegant, with explosive aromatics that keep changing over years in bottle.
What it pairs with
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Roast red meat
Masciarelli recommends the wine with meat main courses, where its structure meets the fat. -
Game
The estate names game as a match, and the wine's firm tannins handle strong flavour. -
Dark chocolate dessert
The producer suggests it at the end of a meal with a bitter chocolate dessert.
Facts
- Producer
- Masciarelli · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Montepulciano (100%)
- Classification
- Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC Riserva
- Oak
- French oak barriques; steel vats until 1996, truncated-cone wooden vats 1997 to 2011, steel again from 2012
- First vintage
- 1984
Frequently asked about Villa Gemma Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Riserva
When was Villa Gemma Riserva first made?
The estate gives 1984 as the first vintage of production. The wine comes from a single high-density vineyard at San Martino sulla Marrucina, 400 metres above sea level.
How is it aged?
Ageing is in French oak barriques. Vinification was in stainless steel until 1996, in truncated-cone wooden vats from 1997 to 2011, and back in stainless steel from 2012.
What food does Masciarelli suggest?
Meat main courses, game or aged cheeses, and the estate also proposes it at the end of a meal with a dark chocolate dessert.